Water bags



Oct. 14, 1958 F. FiOMALLEY 2,855,968

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United States Patent WATER BAGS Frances F. OMalley, Sterling, Ill.

Application June 8, 1956, Serial No. 590,291

4 Claims. (Cl. ISO-2.1)

My invention relates to an improvement in water bags for holding either hot or cold water or chipped ice.

The objects of my invention are to provide an improved form of water bag of a general diamond shape with the points squared off and having one long axis and one shorter axis with fastening means secured at both opposite ends of each axis whereby the bag will be adapted for application to different sized portions of human limbs or bodies; to provide soft rubber bags with soft rubber extensions at the four points thereof and with hard united ends of said extensions adapted to interlock and secure the bag in place when applied to a human limb or body; to provide a water bag of soft rubber or other suitable flexible material with means united thereto for securing the bag in a desired position when applied to a human being; to provide a bag having means united thereto to secure it in desired position either singly or with a plurality of similar bags interlocking so as to cover a larger area.

I accomplish these objects by the means shown in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a top or plan view of a single bag;

Figure 2 is a quarter-sectional elevation of a bag;

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail of the fastening means;

Figure 4 is an outline of a limb with bags applied thereto;

Figure 5 shows an alternate form of fastening.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

My invention includes a refillable container for hot or cold water, ice, artificial ice or other fluid, including a bag 1 of soft rubber or other suitable flexible, waterproof material with an intake port formed therein having a threaded rim formed integral therewith. A cap 2 which may be of either metal or hard rubber, is mounted upon the threads 16 and a disc of waterproof material is seated in the cap 2 to prevent leakage.

The bag is preferably in modified diamond shape as shown in Figure 1.

The bag may be formed integral by a single casting of rubber or upper and lower plates of rubber may be united at their edges by cement or any suitable means.

At the four corners, the soft rubber is extended to form flexible necks 8, 9, 11 and 12. One of said extensions 8 has a hard rubber slotted sleeve 6 formed thereon by additional vulcanizing. The opposite extension or neck 9 has a hard rubber cylindrically-shaped member 3 formed thereon by additional vulcanizing which may slide longitudinally into a corresponding sleeve 6 to secure them in contact after the bag has been applied to a limb as shown in Figure 4, or other part of the body. Extensions 12 and 11 are similarly fitted with a sleeve 5 and a hard rubber cylindrically-shaped member .4 formed thereon by additional vulcanizing.

Patented Oct. 14, 1958 Likewise, two bags may be connected by interlocking the rods and sleeves of each one to the other as shown in Figure 4. As an alternate form the hard rubber sleeve may have the soft rubber extensions secured in place in the sleeve 6 by a rod 15.

In Figure 5 I have shown an alternate form of fastening the ends of two opposite extensions together including a sleeve-like member 9' on the outer end of extension 9 seated or fitted in the sleeve of extension 6 and secured in place by a separate rod 15. The sleeves 5 and 6 are slotted to permit the outer ends of the extensions 9 and 11 to be readily coupled thereto as shown in Figures 3 and 5.

When desired, the bag 1 may be made of various sizes to fit the small parts of an arm or leg or two of them may be of sufiicient size to surround the entire waist when connected as described.

It is obvious that various modifications may be made in the material, size and shape of the parts, and means of connecting the ends, without departing from the spirit of my invention as expressed in the claims, and I do not limit my claims to the precise forms shown in the drawings.

I claim:

1. An appliance for administering to a human body heat or cold from hot or cold fluid, comprising a fiat quadrangular bag of soft rubber having extensions at the angles thereof, two of said extensions at successive angles carrying hard rubber sleeves, and means united to the opposite extensions to enter and engage such sleeves lengthwise for retention therein.

2. An appliance for administering heat or cold to a human body comprising a bag of substantially diamond shape of soft rubber having integral extensions at the four points or corners thereof, each pair of opposite corners being fitted with coacting means whereby the two members of each pair may be united in stable connection.

3. An appliance as described in claim 2, saidmeans including a sleeve formed upon one extension of each pair and a solid member attached to the other member of each pair mounted in its corresponding sleeve and firmly supportable therein.

4. An appliance for administering to a human body heat or cold from a hot or cold fluid, comprising a flat, four-sided, approximately diamond-shaped bag of waterproof fiexible material having integral closed extensions at each of the four corner points of the bag, each opposed pair of such extensions containing one extension having a slotted sleeve formed integral therewith with means united to its opposite extension whereby it may be firmly seated in said sleeve and retained therein against accidental displacement, and closable means for the insertion of fluid in the bag.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,159,160 Beringer Nov. 2, 1915 1,219,179 Smith Mar. 13, 1917 1,308,427 Laborde July 1, 1919 1,605,141 Pyle Nov. 2, 1926 2,024,908 Blum Dec. 17, 1935 2,626,736 Korth Jan. 27, 1953 2,746,502 Graell May 22, 1956 

